Improved seeding-machine



J. H. JONES.

Hand Planter.

Rig?

Patented Sept. 6, 18-70.

It PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

J. HERVA JONES, OFROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 107,056, dated September 6, 1870..

IMPROVED SEEDING-MACHINB.

The Schedule referred to :in'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, J. HERVA Joxnsof Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seecling-blachincs, of which the tbllowingisaspecitication.

The objects of my invention are to secure the regular drop-ping of the seed and to increase the efiiciency and durability of the machine, and this I do by substituting for the brush heretofore used a cut-olf of metal actuated by its own gravity and that of the seed.

In the accompanying drawingI have shown myimprovements as adapted to the hand seed-planter, for which Letters Patent of the United States have been granted to me respectiw ly, dated A ngust 26, 1856, and April 9, 1867. It is, however, obvious that my improved cut-off might be adapted to planters of a construction somewhat different from that shown in the drawing.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of so much of my seeding-tubes as is necessaryto illustratethe improvement herein claimed, with the back plate in position Figure 2, asimilar view with the back plate removed Figure 3,'a vertical central section through the line a: :1: of fig. 1; and

Figure 4, a, view in perspective ofmy improved cutotf detached.

The seeding-tube A is provided with a chamber, B, to contain the seed,'having an opening, a, in one side for the escape of the seed into the cup 0 of a slide, 0, 'which moves endwisc in a groove or guide-way, (I, in

the tube.

' A chamber, 1), in the tube leads from the chamber B to the nose I) of the tube.

A plate G, holds the slide in place.

A cut-off; E,,of the fornr shown in fig. 4, is placed loosely in the tube in the position shown in fig. 3.

The lugs .eof this cut-otf move freely in vertical slots, e in the tube A.

The lipfof the cut-off rests upon the bottom of the chamber, while the flange f ordinarily rests against the side.

ln operating as a hand seed-planter, two tubes are ordinarily connected together at top, so as to lie in the same vertical plane, and to diverge from each other at an acute angle, as shown in my patent 01 April 9, 1867, above mentioned.

The plant-er first shoves the slides down into the nose D to prevent t-he escape of the seed, and then inserts the nose into the ground to open a hole in which to deposit the seed.

The seed which escaped into the cup c, when the slide was up, descends into the chamber 1) as soon as the cup passes below the cut-off, and, as soon as the slide is drawn up again, escapes through the nose 1) into the hole in the ground. This operation is repeated every time the seed is planted.

The weight of the grainiu the chamber B acting upon the cut-otf keeps it pressed against the slide 0, as shown in dotted lines in fig. 3; but, in case seed should get between the slide and cut-off, the latter would yield until the grain had passed and would then innuediately be forced back to its normal position by the pressure of the seed above it in the chamber, (see fig. 3.)

My cut-off being of metal is, of course, as desirable as any other part of the machine, while its perfectfreedom of movementeuables it to perthru'i all the functions of the elastic cnt-ofis heretofore used.

Moreover, the seed acts as a spring to my cut-ofi, and thus aid its operation instead of being a detri ment, as it is with an elastic cut-off, which is constantly being worn away and disarranged by the grain.

I claim as my invention 1. The metal cut-off, working loosely in the seedingtube, and held in place by the static pressure of the grain contained therein, substantially as hereinbethre set forth.

2. The cut-off, constructed'witb a lip to receive the downward pressure of the grain, and a flange to receive the lateral pressure of, the grain, substantially as hereinbefore set iorth.

3. The cut-off, constructed with lugs, which more in slots orguides in the tube, and on which the cut-off swings, substantially as hereinhetbre set forth.

4. The combination of the cut-otf and slide, these parts being constructed for joint operation, substan tially as hereinbcforeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

J. HERVA JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN FAXOX, S. N on'rox TALCOTT. 

